An eTwinning project:

Recycling in our city

What is eTwinning?
eTwinning is a framework for schools to collaborate
on the Internet with partner schools in other
European countries.

eTwinning is the main action of the European

Union's eLearning programme.

It promotes school collaboration in Europe through

the use of Information and Communication
Technologies (ICT) by providing support, tools and
services to make it easy for schools to form short or
long term partnerships in any subject area.
How to get started?
 Register
• First, you have to register your school. In the registration
form, you are asked to give details about you, your school
and your project idea.

• It is important to fill in the form carefully so that you can be

contacted by suitable partners. Once registered, you will
receive a username and password which will allow you to
access the eTwinning Desktop.
 2. Find a partner

To set up an eTwinning partnership, you need to

find a partner and define together the topic of your
project.

When looking for a suitable partner, be sure to take

the following criteria into consideration:

• You share the same objectives and you agree

on a topic for your collaborative project;
• Your partner communicates regularly and
openly;
• Age, number and language level of your pupils
are comparable;
• ICT equipment in your schools should allow for
an efficient collaboration.
 3. Register your project

Once you have found a partner and decided

on the project you will run together, you
can then register the partnership.

You then have granted access to the

collaborative tools in the TwinSpace as well
as the eTwinning Label, which you can print
off and post in your school, and the
Progress Card, which allows you to
communicate with your National Support
Services (NSS) on your project’s progress.
This year we have been working
an enviromental project with a
Polish school:

RECYCLING IN OUR CITY

RECYCLING
IN OUR CITY
In this project both partners had to carry out a survey on
recycling in our city. After that we put the results into graphs,
commented on them and suggested solutions for the future.

Looking for partners was no so easy as we expected. After a

month we joined a Polish school and a Portuguese School,
but the latest couldn’t finish the project.

Our National Support Service accepted our projecct and

granted us a partnership label
Teachers began knowing each other by
exchanging internal messages, sharing ideas
and adapting the project kit to our students
needs (number, age group, language skills, etc.).
We learned to use the tools needed for the
project. After that we explained the project to our
class.
The first task to be done by pupils was
writing an introductory message about
them, their school and their city.

Pupils worked in groups of three (a

reporter, a photographer and a
webmaster). Reporters were mainly
responsible for editing texts,
photographers for taking pictures and
webmasters for dealing with technical
issues.
Our Polish
partners “In our school is swimming pool,
tennis-courts, large gymnastic
and sports ground”
Hello!We're Adrian
Marcinkowski(web
master), Natalia
Masiaca (reporter) and
Błażej Więtczak
(photographer).We're
14 years old. We study
in high school in Zgierz,
it names is "Adama
Mickiewicza". We're in
the second year of
education. We want "
give the Earth one more
chence" with you. We
like music, meet with
friends etc. We enjoy
that we will  work
together.
Every team writes its own blog on the internet
 One of the teams prepared a
presentation about our school
Our high school
Our classroom
•We’re 500 students.
•And 50 teachers.
 THE COURTYARD

» In the breaktime we play football and basketball

» It is not a big courtyard, but we always have a goodtime
AND OUR HIGH SCHOOL HAS
…
A classical theater group
An instrumental

group
AND…..
……students like us

• Daniel Romero
• Fran Cazorla
• Joan Falomir
 Students also prepared a
presentation about their city
After a brain storm activity in
class, we decided to write a ten
question survey about recycling.

In the next week, every group

interviewed ten different people
(friends, family, neighbours) and
the photographer took pictures
relevant to the topic.
After a week we compiled in class
the results of our survey and put
them into graphs in Excel. We
discussed our results and wrote
some suggestions which could
improve recycling in our city.
We wrote a report of the
project and our teacher
uploaded it in a PowerPoint
presentation
SURVEY : RECYCLING IN
OUR CITY

3TH YEAR ESO STUDENTS

VICENTA FERRER ESCRIVÀ
SECONDARY SCHOOL
 Who did we ask?
A total of 58 people were interviewed.
• Gender:
– 48% men
– 52% women
• Age:
– 24% under 20 years old
– 31% between 20 and 40 years old
– 45% older than 45 years old
 • 1- In your opinion, how clean is Valencia?
• 1. Very clean
• 2. Clean enough
• 3. Not clean enough
• 4. Very dirty

Question one

56.9
60.0

50.0

40.0
22.4
30.0
13.8
20.0
6.9
10.0

0.0
is of the opinion that our city is

very clean clean enough not clean enough dirty/very dirty

 Analysis / Suggestions

• Only 30% believe that Valencia is a clean city.

• Over 70% are of the opinion that Valencia is a dirty city

• This is a serious cause of concern! What can we do?

2- At home, do you and your family recycle...? (yes/no)
* Paper
* Glass
* Batteries
* Medicines
* Plastic
* Metal

90.0 82.8
80.0 72.4
69.0
70.0 62.1
60.0 55.2

50.0
37.9
40.0 Paper
30.0 glass
batteries
20.0
Medicines
10.0 Plasric
0.0 metal
1
Paper 82.8
glass 69.0
batteries 55.2
Medicines 62.1
Plasric 72.4
metal 37.9
 Analysis / Suggestions

A large amount of people recycle at home, especially paper, plastic

and glass because they have containers near their houses. Over half
also separate medicines and batteries for recycling.
Excellent results: It seems they are concerned about this problem.
However, we are of the opinion that these results are a little too
optimistic. Maybe, these people don’t actually recycle everyday.
 3- At school / at the office, do YOU recycle (yes/no)
• Paper
• Glass
• Plastic
• Ink cartridges

At work/school, we recycle...

80.0 72.4

70.0

60.0

50.0

40.0 34.5
27.6 Paper
30.0 20.7 Glass
Plastic
20.0
Ink cartidges
10.0

0.0
1
Paper 72.4
Glass 20.7
Plastic 34.5
Ink cartidges 27.6
Analysis / Suggestions

At school or at the office, things don’t work out

as well as they do at home. Only a limited
amount of people recycle paper at work/school,
and they don’t separate other kinds of waste
Maybe they consider that it is not their duty, or
that they haven’t enough time.
A campaign to increase public awareness must
be launched.
 4- What do you demand of your Council in order to improve the waste problem?
• More recycling containers in the streets
• A Recycling point to put other kinds of waste
•More recycling consciousness campaigns
•Fines for people who litter the streets

Question four
50,0

50,0
45,0 36,2
40,0 29,3 27,6
35,0
30,0
25,0
20,0
15,0
10,0
5,0
0,0
What do you demand of your Council in order to improve the waste problem??
More recycling containers in the streets A Recycling point to put other kinds of waste
More recycling conciousness campaigns Fines for people who get dirty the streetst
Analysis / Suggestions

People ask for more waste containers near their houses.

They want more facilities to put their rubbish in different
containers. Sometimes, these containers are full and waste
accumulates beside the containers.

Quite a few people are of the opinion that some

citizens are not aware of the waste problem and
don’t make appropriate use of the waste containers.
Instead they tend to put all their waste in the
nearest container, it doesn’t matter what kind of
waste they are throwing away. Some of the people
we interviewed say that they’ve asked the Local
Council to fine these irresponsible citizens.
 5- How well do you think your Council deals with the waste problem?
• Very well
• Well enough. But it could be better
• Badly
• Very badly

Question five

39,7 39,7

40,0
35,0
30,0
25,0
20,0
10,3 10,3
15,0
10,0
5,0
0,0
How well do you think your Council deals with the waste problem?
Very well Well enough. It could be better Badly I don't care about it
Analysis / Suggestions

In this question we find two

conflicting viewpoints: Half
of the interviewed people
think that the local
authorities deal with waste
in an appropriate way. The
other half believes that the
authorities deal with it in an
inappropriate way: Who is
right?
 6- Why do you recycle materials?
• I’m seriosly concerned about the environment
• It’s my duty
• I think it’s a good thing, but it’s hard to do, so I don’t recycle
• I don’t recycle. I don’t care

Question six

55,2
60,0
50,0
40,0 22,4
19,0
30,0
20,0 3,4
10,0
0,0
Why do you recycle materials?
IÕm seriosly concerned about the environment
ItÕs my duty
I think itÕs a good thing, but itÕs hard to do, so I donÕt recycle
I donÕt recycle. I donÕt care
 Analysis / Suggestions

Over 75% of people are concerned about

recycling waste, 20% believe that they should
recycle but they find it difficult. Only a small
percentage of people (3%) consider that recycling
is a load of tosh.
7- What kind of items do you throw into the plastic bank (yellow container)
• Every kind of plastic and metal including batteries and electronic devices
• Plastic containers , cans and juice/milk cartons
• Every kind of plastic and metal, except batteries and electronic devices
• Only plastic containers and cans: I throw juice/milk cartons into the paper bank

5 6 ,9
6 0 ,0

5 0 ,0

4 0 ,0

3 0 ,0 A
1 7 ,2 1 9 ,0 B
2 0 ,0
C
6 ,9 D
1 0 ,0
•A: Every kind of plastic and metall
including batteries and electronic devices
0 ,0 • B: Plastic containers , cans and juice/milk
1 cartons
A 6 ,9 •C: Every kind of plastic and metall, except
batteries and electronic devices
B 5 6 ,9
• D: Only plastic containers and cans: I
C 1 7 ,2 throw juice/milk cartons into the paper
D 1 9 ,0 bank
 Analysis / Suggestions

Many people (45%) don’t know how

they are supposed to use the plastic
container. They are of the opinion
that all kinds of plastic and metal
should be thrown in there together.
But that is not the truth: In our city
only plastic bottles, aluminum and
steel cans or milk/drink cartons are
recyclable.
Other kinds of plastic or metal must
be sent to a separate recycling point
8- What do you do with the remaining oil after cooking?
• I throw leftover oil into the sink
• I throw leftover oil into the dustbin
• I re-use oil several times and after that I put it into a glass/plastic bottle and I throw it into
the green/yellow container
• I re-use oil several times and after that I put the oil in a newspaper and throw this into the
dustbin

Question eigth

27,8
25,9 25,9
30,0
20,4
25,0
20,0
15,0
10,0
5,0
0,0
qWhat do you do with the remaining oil after cooking?

I throw oil into the sink

I throw oil into the dustbin

I reuse oil several times and after that I put it into a glass/plastic bottle and I throw it into the
green/yellow container
I reuse oil several times and after that I put the oil in a newspaper and throw this into the
dustbin
 Analysis / Suggestions

It was a tricky question for many: Only 20%

of the interviewed people knew how to deal
with oil correctly. Special containers should
be provided by the authorities to make
disposing of oil easier for people.
We believe that people should be more
informed on this subject in order to avoid
throwing in the kitchen sink. As it is harmful
for the cycle of water.
9- Near your house, are there enough recycling banks for the different kinds of waste?
• Organic (general) Grey colour
• Plastic and metal (yelllow)
• Paper (Blue)
• Glass (green)

Question nine

93,1
100,0
90,0
80,0 58,6 56,9 58,6
70,0
60,0
50,0
40,0
30,0
20,0
10,0
0,0
Near your house, are there enough recycling banks for the different kinds of
waste?
Organic (general) grey colour Plastic and metal (yelllow) Paper (Blue) Glass (green)
 Analysis / Suggestions

The vast majority of people have a

grey waste container near their
home. Only half of people have
other kinds of waste containers
near their houses.
Local authorities should be aware of
this lack of containers and provide a
solution
 10- Do you know the destination of the waste generated in your city?
• Sure, I do
• I’m not very sure
• I have never thought about this before
• I’ve got no idea. I don’t care

Question ten

41,4
45,0
40,0 33,8

35,0
30,0
25,0
20,0 13,6
11,2
15,0
10,0
5,0
0,0
Do you know the destination of the waste generated in your city?
Sure, I do IÕm not very sure I have never wondered this question IÕve got no idea. I donÕt care
 Analysis / Suggestions

Only a third of the population know the next steps of the waste process.

Most people don’t know that:

•Waste can be dumped, buried or burned.
•Waste is collected from houses and taken to landfills or incinerators.
•Incinerators produce harmful emmissions.
•The dump releases unpleasant odours
•There is the possibility of contracting diseases from waste piles
•Waste can contaminate public water supplies
We chatted with our partners by the
internet and we could learn a lot of
thing about Poland.

To close the project, pupils wrote a

farewell email to their partners by
using the TwinSpace messaging
system. We sent them a photograph
of our team and our best wishes
THE END